Feeding gauge for embossing machines



H. GOULD.

FEEDING GAUGE FOR EMBOSSING MACHlNES. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 27, I921.

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FEEDING GAf UGE FOR Ell'ZBOSSXNG EIACHINES.

Application filed December-27, 3.921. Serial No. 525,238.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, Hessian GOUL a resident of New York city, county and State of New York, and a citizen ofthe United State of America, have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feeding Gauges for Embossing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in reference being had to the accompanying drawing,;wherein Fig. 1 illustrates, 1n side elevation, an embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary planview of the feeding gauge;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged edge view thereof; and 1 Fig. 4c is a fragmentary view of a belt having scoring adjacent-the edges thereof.

F or the purposes of illustration, I have embodied my invention-in the form of a ma chine to score belts adjacent the edgesthere of, although it should,- be understood'that instead. of scoring the belts, I may emboss same by employing the proper dies. As herein arranged, the device is made up of scoring dies or disks 5 and 6 carried by a shaft 7 connectedbygears (not shown) to a second shaft 8 carrying a disk 9 to act as a backing for the belts when the disks 5 and 6 are acting upon same. The shaft 8 is provided with a. belt-wheel flO to carry a driving belt (not shown). The numeral 12 indicates a casing for the gears, to which is attached a table 18 to support the gauges 14 and 15 which act to guide the belts a per tion of one of which is indicated by 17. The disks or dies 5 and 6 act to score the belts adjacent the edges thereof asindicated by 18 and 19. The gauges 14: and lo each consists of a plate 20 carried by a bracket 21, said plate beingv spaced from the table to provide for the adjustable mounting of My improved feeding gauge is are rollers 22 and23 on plate20. In this in- ..stance, the rollers 22and 23 are slidably mounted in slots 2% and 25, respectively, in

plate 20. lilach roller 22 and 23 is connected by a l nk to a slidably' mounted anchor which when shifted or adjusted will move or ad ust the. rollers 22, and 23 longitudinally of r the slots 24: and 25 to prepare the gauge for belts of different widths. I

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that rollers 23 and 24 are connected to the shiftable anchor 26 by links 27 and 28, respectively. The anchor 26 consists of a slidable plate 29 carrying a threaded stud 80, which passes through the slot 31 inplate20, and a stud 32 which is engaged by the acent ends of links 27 and 28. The anchor 26is I held in adjusted positions longitudinally of the slot 31 by a binding nut 33. Each roller 22 and 23 is rotatably mounted on a stud Edd-which passes through itsrespective slot. Each stud 8 has connected thereto a corresponding link, by which means, when Y anchor 26 ismoved, the rollers 22 and 23 will be movedlongitudinally of the slots 2% and 25. Adjacent the slot 24, I provide in den marks 35 to enable an operator to set rollers 22 and 23 for belts of difierent widths. In combination with each gauge, I employ a stop 36 adjustably mounted on an arm 3'? pivotally connected to the fin or guide 38 on the table 18. The stops 36 act to guide the belts while beinginitially presented, as indicated by full lines inl ig. 2, and also after the. belts have been fed-suficiently to cause the disks '5 and 6 to score the belts in parallelism with the side edges thereof. The

gauge at the left of fin or guide 88 will be provided with an inclined end 89, the lower edge i0 of'which is preferably rounded in orden that said bloc s willrise when the belts are forced to the left while in, gauge 14 and to the-right while in gauge 15. I To score a belt, the pointed end 4-1 thereof, which has rounded edges, willbe placed in a 14 or 15, as indicated by full lines in Fig. 2, or at an angle relative to the axis of the shaft with one curved edge of end 11 in contact with iin 38, the roller 22 being set or positioned to contact with the opposite curved edge of end 4.1. soon as d sks 5 in the direction of arrow 42 and caused to move circumferentially of the roller 22 until it assumes the dotted line position in 1* 1g. 2. During the turning of the belt circumferen: tially of roller 22, the curved portion 42-3 or score line 19 will be produced. A. 'ter score line 19 has been completed, the belt will be placed in gauge 15 and score line 18 produced.

After a belt has been inserted, as indicated by full lines in Fig. 1, the disk 5 will draw it, as has been stated, in the direction of arrow 42, causing it to revolve around the roller 22. The point of contact of the edge of the belt, opposite the fin or guide 38, with the peripheral surface of roller 22, acts as a pivot point about which the belt will move to allow disk 5 to score the curved portion 43. To accommodate belts of different widths roller 22 will be adjusted toward or away from the fin or guide 38. For the same reason, the block 36 will be adjusted longitudinally of slot is in arm 37. My improved feeding gauge is especially intended to score or emboss straps having pointed ends, the said pointed ends having curved edges. The rollers 22 will be positioned to contact with an edge of a strap at the radial point of the curvature of the opposite edge of the strap, or approximately so. The roller 23 functions to maintain the strap in parallelism with the fin or guide 38 after the strap has been moved from the full to the dotted line position, Fig. 1. Roller 22 also acts in the same capacity. The blocks 36 act to facilitate the initial positioning of the belts and also to cooperate with guide 38 after the belts have been moved into contact with said guide. After a belt has been moved into contact with guide 38, it will lie between said guide and heel 45 of its adjacent block. During the movement of a belt from its initial position to its final position against guide 88, the blocks 36 will rise, being forced upwardly by the belts.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination with a rotary embossing element, a gauge for articles having pointed ends with curved edges consisting of a guide element and a pivot element, arranged to contact with one edge of the article to be acted upon by the embossing element, at approximately the radial point of the curvature of the opposite curved edge of the pointed end, whereby said article can be rotated about said pivot point while the embossing element is acting upon said article adjacent the curved edge opposite the pivot point.

' 2. In combination with a rotary embossing element, a gauge for belts having pointed ends with curved edges, arranged for the initial positioning of a belt at an acute angle relative to the axis of the embossing element, said gauge having a pivotal point contacting with one edge of said belt about which said belt is rotated, to a position at approxin'iately a right angle to the axis of the embossing element while said embossing element is acting upon said belt adjacent the curved edge opposite the pivot point.

3. In combination with a rotary embossing element, a gauge for belts having pointed ends with curved edges, arranged for the initial positioning of a belt at an acute angle angle relative to the axis of the embossing element, said gauge having an adjustable roller contacting with one edge of said belt about which said belt is rotated, to a position at approximately a right angle to the axis or the embossing element while said embossing element is acting upon said belt adjacent the curvededge opposite the roller.

5. In combination with arotary embossing element, a gauge for belts having pointed ends with curved edges consisting of a table, a guide carried thereby disposed at a right angle to the axis of the embossing element, and a plurality of rollers adjacent said guide, one of said guides being positioned, relative to the embossing element, to act as a pivot point to enable the belts to be moved in a rotary direction while said belts, adjacent the curved edges, are being embossed.

6. In combination with a rotary embossing element, a gauge for belts having pointed ends with curved edges consisting of a table, a guide carried thereby disposed at a right angle to the axis of the embossing element, a plurality of rollers adjacent said guide, one of said guides beingpositioned,

relative to the embossing element, to act as a pivot point to enable the belts to be moved in a rotary direction while said belts, adjacent the curved edges, are being embossed, and means to adjust said rollers relative to the guide.

7. In combination with a rotary embossing element, a gauge for belts having pointed ends with curved edges consisting of a table, a guide carried thereby disposed at a right angle to the axis of the embossing element, a plurality of rollers adjacent said guide, one of said guides being positioned,

relative to the embossing element, to act as right angle to the axis of the embossing ele-- ment, a plurality of rollers adjacent said guide, one of said guides being positioned,

relative to the embossing element, toact as 15 a pivot point to enable the belts to be moved in a rotary direction while said belts, ad-

jacent the curved edges, are being embossed, and means to simultaneously adjust said rollers relative to the said guide.

HERMAN GOULD. 

